Panasonic VDRD250 VDRD250 User Guide - Page 98

Disc and card management Formatting discs and cards Formatting discs and cards Formatting discs This is for initializing discs. (RAM) (-RW‹VR›) (-RW‹V›) Please be aware that if a disc is formatted, then all the data recorded on the disc will be erased. ¬ Rotate the mode dial to select . 1 Press the MENU button, then select [ SETUP] # [ FORMAT DISC] # [YES] and press the joystick. ≥ When formatting a DVD-RAM, skip to step 3. 2 (When formatting a DVD-RW only) Select format type (l 24), then press the joystick. Disc and card management 3 When the confirmation message appears, select [YES], then press the joystick. ≥ When formatting is complete, press the MENU button to exit the message screen. ≥ In the case of a double sided disc, format each side. ≥ It may not be possible to format a disc with many scratches or dirt. Such discs cannot be used. ≥ During formatting, do not turn this unit off. ≥ When you format the disc, use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC adaptor. Formatting DVD-RAM: ≥ We recommend formatting on this unit. If formatting on a computer, use the supplied software. For more details, refer to the operating instructions of the software. If you connect this unit to a computer to format a DVD-RAM, you cannot use DVDForm (l 112) to physically format it. Use a separate DVD-RAM drive to physically format a DVD-RAM. Formatting DVD-RW: ≥ Format on this unit. 98 LSQT1011